Machine for forming welts on hat brims



July 21 1925. 1,546,757

R. G. SEGSCHNEIDER I MACHINE FOR FORMING WELTS 0N HAT BRIMS Filed Nov. 18, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 21 1925. 0 1,546,757

R. G. SEGSCHNEIDER MACHINE FOR FORMING VIEWS ON HAT BRIMS Filed Ndv. 18, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July Zil,

UNITED stares PATENT OFFICE.

IVIACI'IINE FOR FORMING- WEL'IS N HAT BRIMS.

Application filed. November 18, 1922.

T0 .aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH G. SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of West Grange, county of vented certain new and useful Improve ments in Machines for Forming W elts on Hat Brims, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to pro vide a machine for turning over and ironing down the edge of a hat brim so that a welt is formed, which welt is usually stitched down after the hat leaves the 'machine.

The invention relates to a machine of this kind which feeds the hat around and also folds and presses it while it rotates, and one in which the folded over part is made to lie against either the top or the bottom face of the brim.

The machine which is the embodiment of this invention is adjustable to vary the width of the folded over portion or welt,

and also adapted to permit easy and quick insertion or removal of a hat in and from the machine.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view of a machine embodying my invention. Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 in Figure 1. Figure 3 shows part of a hat brim folded over at its edge. Figure 4 is a detail of the folding means open to permit the insertion or removal of a hat brim. Figure 5 is a bottom view of the machine shown in Figure 1. Figureti is a front view of the machine with the table in section. Figure 7 is a View of the folding means engaging the hat brim. Figure 8 is a detail section showing the iron and the feed roller engaging a hat brim to fold the welt on top of the hat brim, and Figure 9 is a detail showing a folded brim as folded by the mechanism in Figure 8.

In this machine as illustrated the tableportion 10 is made substantially flat so as to support the hat 1]. so that the hat can be rotated on the table, the machine being provided with a driving shaft 12 which can be suitably driven, as by means of the belt 13 passing over the pulley 14.

Projecting up through the table is a feed roller 15 mounted on a shaft 16 and driven from the shaft 12 by a suitable connection, and in the drawing I show a worm 17 on the shaft 12 which is in mesh with the worm Serial No. 601,676.

7 gear 18 on the shaft 16. The top of the feed roller 15 1S substantially flush with or can be raisedslightly above thetop face of the p 5 table lOso that it can grip the brim 19 Essex and etate of New Jersey, have mof the hat. Above the feed roller is an iron 20 which 1s substantially smooth on its bottom face and can be suitably heated, as by a gas flame i projected by the'pipe 21 on the back of the lron, so that the flame enters the chamber 22 and the heat is thus confined sufiiciently to fully heat the iron 20; The iron 20 is mounted so that it can be removed from contact with the hat brim when there is no feeding and to permit insertion and removalof the hat brim, and in the form shown the iron is mounted on a splin 23 fastened at its back end to thetable and at its front end to the iron, and an adjustable screw 24 is preferably provided to limit thedownward n'iovement of the iron, the function of the spring 23 being to normally press the iron upward. W

To press the iron downward I arranged a shaft 25, the portion opposite the spring or iron being off-set, as at 26, to provide a cam action when the shaft 25 is rotated in its bearings 27 by means of the handle 28. It will also be evident that, when turned downward, shown in Figure 2, this off-set or cam-like portion of the shaft 25 locks the iron down.

Situated so as to receive the hat brim after it leaves the iron, and to keep it pressed the table as by means of the strip30. and

is elevated from the table sufiiciently to receive the hat brim after it is folded over to form the welt, and thus hold the welt down in its ironed position until it becomes set and more cool.

The folding means is placed adjacent to the iron and comprises an abutment member 31, against which the edge of the hat brim is designed to abut and to be folded over thereby, since the outer face of the abutment member shown atv 32 is recessed with an over-hanging shelf-like portion 33 at the top thereof so as to curl the brim over as it is fed through the machine.

When the hat is started, the welt is turned over the required distance and inserted in the folding means, and thenthe pivoted plate is swung down, this plate being pivoted at 35, and the curled end 36 of the plate enters between the welt and the main brim portion so as to hold these parts separated until they enter the ironing and pressing means, and also to form a guide to regulate the width of the portion folded over; in other words, to regulate the width of the welt.

The abutment member 31 is fixed, but the part to which the plate 34: is hinged is adjustable, in the form shown this'being by means of a strip 37 resting on'the'table and adjustable thereon and adapted to be held in its adjusted positions. To secure this adjustment'I show in the drawing a slot 38 in enters the folding means, until the curled over edge of the brim engages the inner by the feeding roller 15.

face of thepart '36, and it is then limited, and in this way the width of the fold is determined. After this width of fold is folded over to form the welt it passes directly from the folding means to the iron, being propelled across the under face of the hot iron The hatis free to revolve on the flat table, and it therefore passes around until all parts of the brim have been folded.

hen it is desired to remove the hat the handle '28 is turned, and this, through the shaft 25,releases the iron and the spring 23 raises the iron up, and then the folding plate 34 is swung upward. This removes its'curled end 36 from between the folded portions of the hat brim, and the hat can then "be removed without materially distorting or unfolding the welt.

The plate 34 can be held in its raised'and 'l'o'wered ositions and I show for this )ura u u u pose, in the drawing, a spring 41 which bears against the handle 42 of the folding plate,

gaging plate on said member, a

and, resting in any of the notches 43, holds the plate in its adjusted position either closed or open.

The normal way to form the welt is to fold the material from the edge over on the top face of the brim. If, however, it is desired to place the welt on the bottom face of the brim, as shown in Figure 9, the hat can be inserted upside down in the machine, and for this purpose I provide a cover 4:4: which is readily removable, and it can be attached to the table by suitable means, such as screws 4-5, and when these are removed the cover at can be removed and the hat then laid on the table with only its brim supporting it, the crown portion extending downward through the opening provided when the cover ll is removed. This inverted position of the hat will be readily understood from Figure 8.

I claim:

1. Amachine for forming welts on hat brims comprising a table, afeed roller extending tl'irough the table, an iron supported above the feed roller, the ironbeing mounted on a spring arm, a rod with a projecting part to force the iron toward the roller, and a screw on the spring arm adapted to engage the table, thus forming an adjustable means for limiting the movement of the iron toward the roller.

ary iron above the roller and normally removed out of feeding relation therewith, a

-1'nanually operable'n'ieans for forcing and holding said iron in feeding relation with the roller, an adjustable abutment member adjacent the iron, and a pivoted fold-en- H notched handle on the plate, and a spring on the member to engage the notches to hold the plate in its adjusted positions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereto set my hand, this 17th day of November, 1922.

RUDOLPH G. SEGSCHNEIDER. 

